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TIL That in the aftermath of Chicago's St. Valentine's Day Massacre, newspaper publisher Walter A. Strong asked his friend Herbert Hoover to put an end to Chicago's lawlessness, launching a multi-pronged attack on Al Capone, resulting in convictions for tax evasion, his imprisonment and death.

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